When a heavyweight boxer is framed for murder, Abbott and Costello must team up with an invisible man to prove his innocence and catch the real culprit.
The Big Combo is a film-noir crime thriller that follows a determined police detective as he investigates a powerful crime boss and uncovers a web of corruption. Along the way, he becomes obsessed with the crime boss's mistress, leading to a dangerous and deadly game of cat and mouse.
Casque d'Or tells the story of a doomed romance between a young carpenter and a femme fatale in the Belle Epoque era. Their love triangle becomes entangled with the criminal underworld, resulting in tragedy and betrayal. Set against a backdrop of class distinction and police corruption, the film explores themes of loyalty, honor, and the consequences of one's actions.
A busboy on Broadway joins a famous nightclub in order to win a beautiful showgirl's heart. He struggles with unemployment, self-pity, and manipulation from others, but ultimately learns the value of self-sacrifice and devotion.
In Second Chance, a hitman finds himself on the run and must rescue a woman who is in danger. Set in a small town in Mexico, the movie takes viewers on a thrilling journey of suspense, crime, and drama. With its film-noir elements and daring rescues, Second Chance keeps audiences hooked from beginning to end.
A security guard is seduced by a beautiful woman and becomes entangled in a dangerous plot to rob a bank. As he gets deeper into the criminal underworld, he must navigate a web of deception, betrayal, and murder.
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.
In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans, the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Fred J. Johnson scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.
The baby sitter is none other than veteran Hollywood tough guy Tom Neal. A private detective, Neal is hired to keep an eye on the child of married couple George Meeker and Rebel Randall. Actually, Meeker and Randall are jewel thieves, and their "baby" is their stolen loot. Neal eventually catches on when he realizes that this is the quietest child on earth. Running a scant 41 minutes, Case of the Baby Sitter was designed to be shown in tandem with another Screen Guild Productions "briefie," The Hat Box Mystery: the films were shot back to back, with Tom Neal and Pamela Blake starring in both.
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.
A blind man is witness to a murder; later cured of his blindness he attempts to puzzle out the solution to the crime.